Head of IMF in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault

Dominique Strauss-Kahn removed from Air France flight to Paris

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

Posted May 14, 2011 7:27 PM CDT

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Head of IMF in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault of NYC Hotel Maid — International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the Second Annual Conference of International Monetary Fund on May 10, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Getty Images)

The head of the IMF has been taken into custody by New York City police and is being questioned in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid. An NYPD rep says Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled off an Air France flight to Paris this afternoon at JFK after he left the Manhattan hotel; he apparently left his cell phone and other personal items in the room.

The 32-year-old maid tells police that she entered Strauss-Kahn's room at 1pm today and said that he tried to sexually assault her. The maid fled the room and called police. Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the IMF, has not been charged.

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